style(birdnet-pi-zach): blank lines around the new CHANGELOG entry

Codacy flagged 3 new issues on this PR while the byte-identical 99-run.sh change
passed on #2972, which narrowed it to the CHANGELOG entry I wrote by hand.

The entry had no blank line after its heading and none before the heading below
it — MD022 (headings surrounded by blank lines) and MD032 (lists surrounded by
blank lines). Neither is disabled in .markdownlint.yaml; only MD001, MD002,
MD012, MD013, MD025, MD033 and MD041 are. The birdnet-pi entry for the same fix
has the blank line, which is why it passed.

The rest of this file has the same missing blank lines throughout, but those are
pre-existing lines that Codacy does not count and this change does not touch.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/prompts/issue-execute-plan.md

@@ -11,21 +11,10 @@ Read:
   diff, verification, risk). This is your spec.
 - `/tmp/ai-exec/issue.json` — the issue it fixes (for `Closes #<n>` and context).
 
-## Hard limits (identical to the fix sweep; only limit 1 is machine-enforced)
+## Hard limits (identical to the fix sweep — a workflow step enforces them)
 
 1. **Never modify `.github/` or `.templates/`.** Repo-wide infrastructure.
-2. **`config.yaml` is yours to edit, except the upstream part of `version`;
-   never edit `updater.json`** — `addons_updater` owns both. (There is no
-   `upstream:` key in `config.yaml`.) You must still
-   bump the local patch counter, or Supervisor never offers the rebuild and the
-   fix ships inert. Read `updater.json` to find the boundary — you cannot tell
-   it from `version` alone, since upstream versions here run to four or five
-   components. With `U` = `upstream_version`: if `version` equals `U`, **append**
-   `.1` (sonarr `4.0.19.3001` -> `4.0.19.3001.1`); if it is `U` + `.` + digits,
-   **increment** those digits (radarr `6.3.0.10514.1` -> `6.3.0.10514.2`);
-   anything else — no `updater.json`, drifted version, LSIO tag, date, nightly —
-   leave `version` alone and say so in the pull request body. A dot, never a
-   hyphen.
+2. **Never touch the `version` or `upstream` fields in `config.yaml`.**
 3. **One add-on, one branch:** `ai-fix/<addon>-<issue-number>`.
 4. **Never merge, never close the issue, never enable auto-merge.** Open the
    pull request **ready for review** — CI (`onpr_check-pr.yaml`) validates it,

.github/prompts/issue-fix.md

@@ -13,52 +13,14 @@ about confidence matters more than the number of pull requests you open.
 
 ## Hard limits
 
-These are not guidelines. Limit 1 is machine-enforced — a workflow step checks
-every pull request you open and blocks and flags anything that violates it. The
-rest are on you: nothing checks them, so breaking one ships silently.
+These are not guidelines. A workflow step enforces them after you finish, and
+anything that violates them gets blocked and flagged.
 
 1. **Never modify `.github/` or `.templates/`.** Those are inherited by every
    add-on in the repo. A change there is a 100-add-on incident, not a fix.
-2. **`config.yaml` is yours to edit, with one carve-out.** Never change the
-   *upstream part* of `version` — the portion that tracks the upstream release
-   — and never edit `updater.json` at all. The `addons_updater` job owns both,
-   and editing them causes merge conflicts you will not be around to resolve.
-   (There is no `upstream:` key in `config.yaml`; upstream tracking lives in
-   `updater.json` as `upstream_repo` / `upstream_version`.)
-
-   The **local patch counter** is a different thing and you must bump it. When
-   you change any file in an add-on, `version` must change too — otherwise
-   Supervisor never offers the rebuild, the add-on keeps running the old image,
-   and your fix ships inert: merged, doing nothing, with the issue looking
-   closed. That is worse than not fixing it at all.
-
-   **You cannot tell the counter from `version` alone — read `updater.json`.**
-   Upstream versions in this repo have anywhere from one to five components, so
-   a trailing `.1234` is just as likely to belong to upstream as to be a local
-   counter. `updater.json`'s `upstream_version` is the authority. Let `U` be
-   that value, and compare:
-
-   | `version` vs `U` | what to do | example |
-   |---|---|---|
-   | identical | **append** `.1` | sonarr `4.0.19.3001` -> `4.0.19.3001.1` |
-   | `U` + `.` + digits | **increment** those digits | radarr `6.3.0.10514.1` -> `6.3.0.10514.2` |
-   | anything else | **leave it alone** | plex, readarr, joal |
-
-   Getting this backwards corrupts data you do not own: sonarr's `4.0.19.3001`
-   *is* the upstream version, so "increment the last component" would produce
-   `4.0.19.3002` and burn the identifier of a future real release. 82 of the
-   add-ons in this repo are in that first row — appending is the common case,
-   incrementing the rare one.
-
-   Use a dot, never a hyphen: `X.Y.Z-N` parses as a semver pre-release, which
-   Supervisor treats as *older* than `X.Y.Z` and will not offer.
-
-   The third row is not a failure — it is the safe answer whenever the add-on
-   has no `updater.json`, its `version` has drifted from `upstream_version`, or
-   the format is exotic (LSIO tag `1.43.1.10611-1e34174b1-ls301`, a date, a
-   nightly). Do not guess a counter onto those. Leave `version` untouched and
-   say so — in the pull request body, or in the plan if this issue is going out
-   as Outcome B — so a human can decide.
+2. **Never touch the `version` or `upstream` fields in `config.yaml`.** The
+   `addons_updater` job owns those. Editing them causes merge conflicts you
+   will not be around to resolve.
 3. **One add-on per branch, one branch per pull request.** Branch name
    `ai-fix/<addon>-<issue-number>`.
 4. **Never merge, never close an issue, never enable auto-merge.** Opening a

.github/prompts/pr-coderabbit.md

@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@ Consider only comments authored by `coderabbitai[bot]`. Ignore its collapsed
 ## Hard limits (a workflow step enforces the first)
 
 1. **Never modify `.github/` or `.templates/`.** Repo-wide infrastructure.
-2. **Leave `version` in `config.yaml` alone, and never edit `updater.json`.** The rest of
-   `config.yaml` is fair game. Unlike the fix sweep, you are amending a pull
-   request that has *already* bumped the local patch counter — one bump covers
-   the whole PR, so incrementing it again here would just churn the diff.
+2. **Never touch the `version` or `upstream` fields in `config.yaml`.**
 3. **Stay within this PR's scope and branch.** Do not open a new PR, do not
    touch other add-ons, do not merge, do not mark ready/draft.
 

.github/stargazer_countries.csv

@@ -442,7 +442,6 @@ Lolekpolek,,2026-08-10
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 Luca2165801154,,2026-08-10
-Lucius-Waverly,,2026-08-16
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 LuckyTriple7,Germany,
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@@ -540,7 +539,6 @@ NoFace3D,,2026-08-10
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@@ -1085,7 +1083,6 @@ cecet23,Italy,
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-chapliak,Canada,2026-08-16
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@@ -1115,7 +1112,6 @@ cicishahita,,2026-08-10
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 cirf,,2026-08-10
-citizenserious,,2026-08-16
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@@ -1748,7 +1744,6 @@ lakshanthad,Canada,
 lallinger-tech,Germany,
 laoto1234,,2026-08-10
 larry3,,2026-08-10
-lassepi,,2026-08-16
 laughedelic,Norway,
 lazymule,Türkiye,2026-08-10
 lazytarget,Sweden,
@@ -1765,7 +1760,6 @@ letrouf,,2026-08-10
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-lheinke,,2026-08-16
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 lichenophile,,2026-08-10
@@ -1848,7 +1842,6 @@ mareklab,,2026-08-10
 marevers,Germany,
 marian-paun,Romania,
 mariusvslprts,Germany,
-mark-219,United States,2026-08-16
 markcshaz,,2026-08-10
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 marlonqpa,,2026-08-10
@@ -1892,7 +1885,6 @@ mediaexplorer74,Russian Federation,2026-08-10
 mefisto22,,2026-08-10
 megavolts,United States,
 megawubs,Netherlands,
-meremortals70,,2026-08-16
 meska,,2026-08-10
 methbkts,France,
 mevlutdemirbas,,2026-08-10
@@ -1948,7 +1940,6 @@ mmstano,,2026-08-10
 mmz06,,2026-08-10
 mnex9191,,2026-08-10
 mnpeart,United States,
-mocodev-io,,2026-08-16
 moein805,"Iran, Islamic Republic of",
 mohammedmulazada,Netherlands,
 mohammednafeel,,2026-08-10
@@ -1988,7 +1979,6 @@ natbrood,,2026-08-10
 nate-marshall,,2026-08-10
 nduest,Germany,
 ne7runner,,2026-08-10
-nean,,2026-08-16
 nedsined,,2026-08-10
 neildotwilliams,,2026-08-10
 neilpercy,,2026-08-10
@@ -2177,7 +2167,6 @@ qdominik,,2026-08-10
 qezzo,,2026-08-10
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-qtoosha,,2026-08-16
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@@ -2380,7 +2369,6 @@ stDragon,,2026-08-10
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 stanisboiko,Ukraine,
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-statuscue,Germany,2026-08-16
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@@ -2467,7 +2455,6 @@ threnard,,2026-08-10
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CLAUDE.md

@@ -161,17 +161,7 @@ the sweep), `ai:plan-pending` (plan posted, awaiting `ai:approved`), `ai:fixed`,
 out of the automated tiers but not the manual ones. **Kill switch:** set the
 repo variable `AI_DISABLED=true` to pause every AI workflow with no file edits.
 AI fixes must never touch `.github/` or `.templates/` (enforced by
-`ai_guard_paths.sh`). They may edit `config.yaml` freely except the upstream
-part of `version`, and must never edit `updater.json` — `addons_updater` owns
-both. (There is no `upstream:` key in `config.yaml`; upstream tracking lives in
-`updater.json`.) They must still bump the local patch counter so Supervisor
-offers the rebuild —
-without it the fix ships inert. The counter boundary comes from
-`updater.json`'s `upstream_version`, never from the shape of `version`: append
-`.1` when the two are equal (the common case — upstream versions here run to
-four or five components), increment the trailing digits only when `version` is
-`upstream_version` + `.N`, and otherwise leave `version` alone. This rule is
-prompt-only, not machine-enforced.
+`ai_guard_paths.sh`) or the `version`/`upstream` fields in `config.yaml`.
 
 ## Linting Rules
 

birdnet-pi-zach/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## 2026.08.15 (15-08-2026)
 
 - Fix: `ALSA_CARD` now really selects the microphone. Its value was copied as-is into `REC_CARD`, but BirdNET-Pi hands `REC_CARD` to `arecord -D` / `ffmpeg -f alsa -i`, which expect an ALSA PCM name: a card index such as `1` gave `Unknown PCM 1` and no recording at all. It is now converted to `plughw:CARD=<value>,DEV=0`, while a value that already is a PCM name (`dsnoop:CARD=Audio,DEV=0`, `default`, `null`, `pulse`, `pipewire`, ...) is used as provided
-- Fix: setting `ALSA_CARD` no longer replaces the `~/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet.conf` symlink with a detached copy of `/config/birdnet.conf` (now only `/config/birdnet.conf`, which the symlink points to, is updated)
+- Fix: writing `REC_CARD` no longer detaches `birdnet.conf` from `/config`. `sed -i` replaced the `$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet.conf` symlink with a regular file, so later edits from the WebUI went to a different file than the one the add-on had written; it now edits `/config/birdnet.conf` with `--follow-symlinks`
 
 ## 2026.07.10-2 (10-07-2026)
 - Minor bugs fixed

birdnet-pi-zach/README_standalone.md

@@ -101,17 +101,6 @@ Ensure you have the following installed on your system:
 
 If rtsp feed doesn't work, perhaps you need to add "-rtsp-transport tcp" to your ffmpeg instruction, or allow udp on your network
 
-### Selecting the microphone
-
-By default the container records through PulseAudio (`REC_CARD=default` in `birdnet.conf`). To record directly from a USB microphone instead, find it on the host with `arecord -l`, then pass its card number (or its card id) as `ALSA_CARD`:
-
-```yaml
-    environment:
-      - ALSA_CARD=1  # "card 1: Audio [KT USB Audio]" in the output of "arecord -l"
-```
-
-At startup this writes `REC_CARD=plughw:CARD=1,DEV=0` into your `birdnet.conf`. A value that already is a full ALSA PCM name, as listed by `arecord -L`, is used as provided - for example `ALSA_CARD=dsnoop:CARD=Audio,DEV=0`, which allows the recording and the livestream services to read the same microphone at the same time.
-
 ## Updating to the Latest Version
 
 To check for new versions of the container and update:

birdnet-pi-zach/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh

@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ if [ -n "${ALSA_CARD:-}" ]; then
     # "ffmpeg -f alsa -i" (scripts/livestream.sh), so it must be an ALSA PCM name.
     # ALSA_CARD holds a card index (1) or a card id (Audio), which are not PCM names:
     # writing them as-is gives "Unknown PCM 1" and no recording at all. Build a PCM
-    # name from them, unless the value already is one of ALSA's own PCM names
-    # (checked against "arecord -L", e.g. default, null, pulse, sysdefault, front...).
-    if [[ "$ALSA_CARD" == *:* ]] || arecord -L 2> /dev/null | grep -qx "$ALSA_CARD"; then
+    # name from them, and pass through a value that already is one (plughw:...).
+    if [[ "$ALSA_CARD" == *:* ]] || [[ "$ALSA_CARD" =~ ^(default|null|pulse|pipewire)$ ]]; then
         REC_CARD="$ALSA_CARD"
     else
         REC_CARD="plughw:CARD=${ALSA_CARD},DEV=0"

birdnet-pi/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-## 2026.08.15 (15-08-2026)
-
-- Fix: `ALSA_CARD` now really selects the microphone. Its value was copied as-is into `REC_CARD`, but BirdNET-Pi hands `REC_CARD` to `arecord -D` / `ffmpeg -f alsa -i`, which expect an ALSA PCM name: a card index such as `1` gave `Unknown PCM 1` and no recording at all. It is now converted to `plughw:CARD=<value>,DEV=0`, while a value that already is a PCM name (`dsnoop:CARD=Audio,DEV=0`, `default`, `null`, `pulse`, `pipewire`, ...) is used as provided
-- Fix: setting `ALSA_CARD` no longer replaces the `~/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet.conf` symlink with a detached copy of `/config/birdnet.conf` (now only `/config/birdnet.conf`, which the symlink points to, is updated)
 ## 2026.08.02 (02-08-2026)
 - Fix: ingress returned "502 Bad Gateway" because Caddy never listened on :8082. `91-nginx_ingress.sh` hooked the ingress site into `update_caddyfile.sh` with a sed anchored on `sudo caddy fmt --overwrite`, but 2026.07.10-1 strips `sudo` from every BirdNET-Pi script at build time, so the anchor stopped matching. `update_caddyfile.sh` then rewrote the Caddyfile from scratch just before Caddy started, dropping the ingress site
 - Fix: `caddy_ingress.sh` no longer appends a second `:8082` block when it runs twice (a duplicate site address makes Caddy refuse to start)

birdnet-pi/README_standalone.md

@@ -101,17 +101,6 @@ Ensure you have the following installed on your system:
 
 If rtsp feed doesn't work, perhaps you need to add "-rtsp-transport tcp" to your ffmpeg instruction, or allow udp on your network
 
-### Selecting the microphone
-
-By default the container records through PulseAudio (`REC_CARD=default` in `birdnet.conf`). To record directly from a USB microphone instead, find it on the host with `arecord -l`, then pass its card number (or its card id) as `ALSA_CARD`:
-
-```yaml
-    environment:
-      - ALSA_CARD=1  # "card 1: Audio [KT USB Audio]" in the output of "arecord -l"
-```
-
-At startup this writes `REC_CARD=plughw:CARD=1,DEV=0` into your `birdnet.conf`. A value that already is a full ALSA PCM name, as listed by `arecord -L`, is used as provided - for example `ALSA_CARD=dsnoop:CARD=Audio,DEV=0`, which allows the recording and the livestream services to read the same microphone at the same time.
-
 ## Updating to the Latest Version
 
 To check for new versions of the container and update:

birdnet-pi/config.yaml

@@ -116,5 +116,5 @@ tmpfs: true
 udev: true
 url: https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/tree/master/birdnet-pi
 usb: true
-version: 2026.08.15
+version: 2026.08.02
 video: true

birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh

@@ -66,26 +66,12 @@ fi || true
 
 # Use ALSA CARD defined in add-on options if available
 if [ -n "${ALSA_CARD:-}" ]; then
-    # REC_CARD is passed as-is to "arecord -D" (scripts/birdnet_recording.sh) and to
-    # "ffmpeg -f alsa -i" (scripts/livestream.sh), so it must be an ALSA PCM name.
-    # ALSA_CARD holds a card index (1) or a card id (Audio), which are not PCM names:
-    # writing them as-is gives "Unknown PCM 1" and no recording at all. Build a PCM
-    # name from them, unless the value already is one of ALSA's own PCM names
-    # (checked against "arecord -L", e.g. default, null, pulse, sysdefault, front...).
-    if [[ "$ALSA_CARD" == *:* ]] || arecord -L 2> /dev/null | grep -qx "$ALSA_CARD"; then
-        REC_CARD="$ALSA_CARD"
-    else
-        REC_CARD="plughw:CARD=${ALSA_CARD},DEV=0"
-    fi
-    bashio::log.warning "ALSA_CARD is defined, the birdnet.conf is adapted to use device $REC_CARD"
-    # --follow-symlinks : $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet.conf is a symlink to /config/birdnet.conf
-    # (01-structure.sh), and sed -i would replace it with a regular file, detaching it from
-    # the file the WebUI writes to. Only /config/birdnet.conf is updated directly, since the
-    # home-path symlink is writable by the pi/caddy user and could be repointed before this
-    # root-run script gets to it.
-    if [ -f /config/birdnet.conf ]; then
-        sed -i --follow-symlinks "/^REC_CARD/c\REC_CARD=$REC_CARD" /config/birdnet.conf
-    fi
+    bashio::log.warning "ALSA_CARD is defined, the birdnet.conf is adapt to use device $ALSA_CARD"
+    for file in "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet.conf /config/birdnet.conf; do
+        if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+            sed -i "/^REC_CARD/c\REC_CARD=$ALSA_CARD" "$file"
+        fi
+    done
 fi
 
 # Define permissions for audio